Re: Quantum Trailblazer 850AT on a 386 DX 40 motherboard shows only 504 MB in dos.
Posted on 2021-09-05, 01:54
Ok so my only option is to use an LBA controller card like the Promise IDE max?
Quantum Trailblazer 850AT on a 386 DX 40 motherboard shows only 504 MB in dos.
Posted on 2021-09-05, 01:34
I set up a 850MB hard drive on a 386 40 mhz motherboard. (the motherboard is a Contaq 386 / 486 one a puchased some years ago. I can setup the hard drive in the bios with the following geometry: Size: 849 Cyls: 1646 Head: 16 Precomp: 65535 Lzone: 1645 Sector: 63 Mode: Normal (there is no way to set …
Re: MiniPro TL866II+ firmware update
Posted on 2021-09-04, 22:04
pan069 wrote on 2021-09-04, 20:50: maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-09-04, 14:50: just peel up the sticker and glue it back down jeez Some of them have paper stickers that can' t be peeled in one piece, jeez.... I remove just the labels. It isnt worth for me to relable them again. Just put some black …
Re: Games that NEED a 286?
Posted on 2021-08-31, 23:11
Never played the game on a tandy.. But my example is for the IBM clone pc. I know this because i played this game on a 386 pc.. The plane would fly like crazy.. On a XT system its kinda slow. Speedy 286 machine over 16 Mhz make no sense. Yes a 20 or a 25 Mhz can be faster then a SX counter part. But …
Re: Games that NEED a 286?
Posted on 2021-08-31, 22:58
Wings of Fury Is a great 286 game. Doesnt run great on a 8086 or 8088 (slow) But runs to fast on a 386 systems. The best speed is on a 286-12Mhz machine.
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-30, 23:48
I think iam going to use software first. Then i dont have to spend so much of money for nothing. But maybe it is a last resort, if iam out of other options. Sure, software may be the easiest. There is no need to spend a lot of money. Greaseweazle is cheap and you can even build it yourself with $10 …
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-30, 19:26
There is also a special hardware to read/copy/preserve floppies, such as KryoFlux https://www.kryoflux.com/, FluxEngine https://github.com/davidgiven/fluxengine or Greaseweazle https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle, but this is getting off topic. I think iam going to use software first. Then i dont …
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-30, 19:20
... good floppy controller chip, such as PC8477. So i need to use an old style controller without that multi io thingy? There are different floppy controllers with different capabilities. I found the PC8477 to be great, you can find it sometimes on Adaptec ISA SCSI cards or you can build yourself a …
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-30, 01:47
Martin8bity wrote on 2021-08-29, 09:29: ImageDisk (IMD) from Dave Dunfield is great in DOS: http://dunfield.classiccmp.org/dos/index.htm It is also advantage to have good floppy controller chip, such as PC8477. So i need to use an old style controller without that multi io thingy? Thanks for the …
Re: Conner CFS-420a Installation in a 286 machine.
Posted on 2021-08-28, 20:34
That connector i want to use for the case HDD LED.. But the front bezel led should normally connected to the hdd it self..
Conner CFS-420a Installation in a 286 machine.
Posted on 2021-08-28, 17:08
Hi Currently iam being busy / working on a 286 class machine which i started a couple of years ago. I stopped quite a while because I didn't feel like continuing building the systems for a while. So let it pass me by for a while. Probably because I was very busy with my work and it all became too …
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 16:30
The older version seems to not being available (dont know if there is something which could run on a 8086 or 286 as well.) If i could buy a license i would do if the software is great working with.
Re: SmartFormat (TFORMAT.EXE) - anyone have a copy?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 16:27
Yes my second browser is also waterfox.. But dont know if the version iam using still support FTP. But i will give it a try right away. Yesterday i installed filezilla because i need some files on a other FTP server. Thanks for the advise you all gave me.
Re: SmartFormat (TFORMAT.EXE) - anyone have a copy?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 15:06
Thanks for your help. If i pressed on the url nothing happend. I dont know if it has anything to do with my opera webbrowser. Or perhaps using a to new PC with windows 10 64 bit on it.
Re: SmartFormat (TFORMAT.EXE) - anyone have a copy?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 14:40
Does somebody still have that tformat.zip file.. Its still harder to get.
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 11:08
That VGAcopy program uses a minium of 386 system to work? Is there a version which also works on PC XT or 286? Dont know if vgash103.zip is the same? But iam guess not?
Re: Floppy disk imaging - what program to use?
Posted on 2021-08-28, 01:24
Whats the best utility to use when needed re-read again and again to get the data from a floppy disk?? Something that can do low-level reading. So if the disk is bad, so still could get all the data from the disk. Does anybody knows what Adrian Black uses to image/ backup these disks (that guy from …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-08-26, 22:17
Got all of this from a guy who wanted only a few DDR3 mem sticks for the lot. Have to test everything and see if it all works. Now I just have to find the am2cpu upgrade board somewhere and test how my HD3850 AGP works with a better cpu. 939dual-sata2 https://i.imgur.com/N9vMPHwl.jpg Sweet find! Is …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-08-26, 21:52
Finally got the controller port board for the Diamond Edge 3D thanks to a Vogons user that mentioned these were up for sale. Now all that's missing are the cables to connect the two but those should be much easier to source: IMG_20210816_201126.jpg And also, following the principle that you can …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2021-08-26, 21:48
This antique. POSTs. Disk spins up and seeks, floppy seeks. Case is perfect, no rust, just dirty and few minor scratches. It will sit on shelf at least until October or November when I will have time for cleaning it and upgrades (I have some original IBM parts) because I want to feature it on my …
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